2001–02 UEFA Cup

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA associations participated in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Associations are allocated places according to their 2000 UEFA league coefficient.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup:

• Associations 1–6 each enter three teams
• Associations 7–8 each enter four teams
• Associations 9–15 each enter two teams
• Associations 16–21 each enter three teams
• Associations 22–49 each enter two teams, with the exception of Liechtenstein who enter one.
• Associations 50-51 each enter one team
• The top three associations of the 2000–2001 UEFA Fair Play ranking each gain an additional berth
• 16 teams eliminated from the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
• 8 teams eliminated from the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage are transferred to the UEFA Cup
• 3 winners of the Intertoto Cup
• The winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup (not used due to Liverpool's qualification to Champions League)

Association ranking

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• (FP): Additional fair play berth (Finland, Slovakia, Belarus)
• (UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
• (IT): Additional teams from Intertoto Cup

Distribution

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:

• When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet.
• A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• P-W: End-of-season European competition play-off winners
• FP: Fair play
• IT: Intertoto Cup winners
• CL: Relegated from the Champions League
  • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
  • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Qualifying round

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round

First round

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup first round

Second round

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup second round

Final phase

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

Bracket

Third round

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

References

1. "UEFA European Cups 2001/2002: Results and Qualification".
2. "UEFA European Football Calendar 2001/2002". Bert Kassies.
3. "UEFA Europa League 2001/02 - History - Statistics". UEFA.